| Blackmail (blackmail) |
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| n. | ((?)) |
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| Black"mail` |
| [Black +
mail a piece of money.] |
A certain rate of
money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of
England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied to robbers,
or moss troopers, to be by them protected from pillage.
Payment of money exacted by means of
intimidation; also, extortion of money from a person by threats of public
accusation, exposure, or censure.
Black rent, or rent paid in
corn, flesh, or the lowest coin, a opposed to "white rent", which paid in
silver.
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| Blackmail (blackmail) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Black"mail` |
|
To extort money from by exciting fears of injury
other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.]
as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged
fraud.
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